If you’ve ever owned a PC then chances are you’ve heard of The Sims. Created by Will Wright, it placed you in charge of a virtual avatar who could go to work, take showers, watch TV and participate in all sorts of mundance activities. It became a huge success for Maxis and EA, going on […]
Author: merlinfunk The first wave of Super Nintendo games to hit shelves held some giants whose gameplay, sound, and graphics raised the bar for all titles to follow. The Legend of the Mystical Ninja was just such a game: its 1992 release was the first of many confirmations for Nintendo’s … Continue reading
Just a heads-up this evening, as I discovered that a pack with brand new maps and characters had been released for the Doom-clone Gloom Deluxe! Very cool! Looking forward to try it out on my A1200. More info here: http://oldschoolgameblog.com/2014/11…-deluxe-amiga/ The pack is on Aminet and was uploaded a few days ago.
It’s likely as a retro gaming fan you have at some point played a Konami game. If, like me, you were also a fan of using cheats, then there is/was a famous cheat common to a wide range of Konami games – one which has since become famous for its long-running use. But what about those […]
As of recent there’s been a rather significant breakthrough in the retro gaming world. Similar to flash cartridges, console hackers have somehow found a way to trick disc based systems into running games from SD card. With the ability to now store and play a large library of game images from removable media, are the […]
Dear Friends: I just realized that I made a grave mistake. Neither my wiz.lha game nor the readme file in aminet, explains how to run the game from the hd. This means no one can play the game. Is it possible to make a new readme file and upload to aminet to superimpose over the […]
The Game Map is a 60 x 80 cm imaginary map that is loosely based upon an area of Tokyo but features streets and other landmarks made up of the names of over 500 games and other references from throughout the history of gaming from the 50s through to the modern day. Game Map is […]
Those of us that are currently enrolled in high school or college know all about the Texas Instruments line of calculators. They have been around us since we started learning about the various styles of algebra as well as other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Believe it or not, but there’s a rather active community demaking famous video games for the most unlikely of devices. After having brought a scaled down version of Pokemon to the TI-83/84 range of calculators, this talented developer is back with none other than Super Smash Bros for the number crunching devices.
Earlier this week a Kickstarter project reached its target funding to provide Mega Drive and Super Nintendo consoles with HDMI cables. But where does this leave the old consoles such as the Nintendo NES? Well it would appear that 8-bit gamer’s dreams have finally been answered thanks to Game-Tech’s newly announced NESHD modification.